Site Diary vs SiteNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Site Diary
Streamline construction daily reporting with this app. It replaces paper logs with digital entries, integrates task management, and automatically includes weather data and photos. Supports offline use and various export formats for seamless project tracking.
- Digital daily reports
- Integrated task management
- Real-time progress monitoring
- Automatic local weather reports
- Image attachments
- Offline support
- PDF, Excel, CSV export
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Site Diary app replaces the existing paper construction daily reports, site journal or daily logs, where field workers make a report of things that occurred on their projects. With Site Diary app, we make the whole process quick, fun and simple so you both have a detailed daily report and time left to focus on building more. We developed Site Diary to address the needs of site engineers, foremen and site managers working in construction organizations, contractors and installation teams both large and small. "Site Diary allowed me to keep track of construction progress and emerging issues in real time” - Christopher Pletcher, Municipal Engineering Manager, Ayres Associates Task management/allocations feature The first product to integrate daily reports and task management. Users can create a task, add information about the task (manpower, equipment & materials to be used) and the persons it assigned to. Report progress on a task by creating a work log. The diary form will be automatically filled with all the task info which will make it a lot quicker for users to fill their daily reports. Site Diary Features include - Real-time site progress and monitoring, whereby users have visibility of work being done by site staff. Submitted reports are immediately available for review and approval by off-site personnel. - Share information. The app will allow field workers to send an email after they create an event. (This is optional) - Local weather report automatically included - every report entry is automatically linked with the prevailing weather conditions for that site at the time, which is important information to include in a daily construction report app. - Added images - photos and other images can be attached to reports. - Offline support - Sites with limited connectivity are not a problem as the app continues to perform seamlessly off-line. Data captured is saved on the device and synchronized to the cloud as soon as a connection becomes available. - User management - Add and remove users in your team - Set up site resources (labour, equipment, materials, contractors, tags) that you will use on your construction site. Tags are used to determine the type of event that is recorded, example: Safety. - Export Reports - This can be used as shift updates or project summaries and shared with staff, contractors and clients. These are done in either PDF, Excel or CSV format.
SiteNote
This app helps you document and track small projects by combining notes, photos, contacts, reminders, and tasks into a single, organized platform. It's designed for fast, simple use, keeping all your project materials in one place, accessible even without an internet connection.
- Project documentation
- Photo and note integration
- Task and reminder management
- Local data storage
- Offline functionality
- Client tracking
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SiteNote is a lightweight Project Documentation and Tracking app. It combines a number of apps into one (Photos, Notes, Contacts, Reminders, Tasks) allowing users to keep all their project related materials in one place and organized by projects. The App aims to provide a fast, simple and easy to use solution for people to keep track of their small projects and to document site conditions using images and notes. All data is stored locally on your phone, so it is lightning fast and does not require cellphone reception to work. - Use SiteNote to keep track of your small projects, jobs and clients. - Document your work with Notes and Photos. - Stay organized with Tasks and Appointments. Try SiteNote today and stay Organized! Privacy Policy: http://www.sitenote.ca/privacypolicy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: http://www.sitenote.ca/tutorial.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SiteNote at 5.0 against Site Diary's 4.4. SiteNote also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Site Diary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SiteNote sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Site Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
SiteNote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Site Diary has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Site Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of SiteNote's.
Site Diary ships an update weekly, SiteNote monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Site Diary | SiteNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Script&Go | ALEXANDER SOLOVYEV |
Customer experience
Site Diary
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In-app purchases
Site Diary
No in-app purchases
SiteNote
- Ad free$2.991 Month









